Guest post: How Online Learning Compares with the Classroom
My site gets visited by a large number of students or potential students (one of the most active posts is 'Recommended graduate programs in...
How higher education policy really works: a Canadian example
First of all, apologies for the interruption to normal service over the last month. I was on a tight deadline to finish revisions to...
How the Federal government can improve university teaching at (almost) no cost
The challenge
In our study of 11 institutions trying to implement technology for teaching, Albert Sangra and I found over and over again that most...
Open content and the costs of online learning
I've been doing some analysis recently of the costs of a fully online master's degree program from a major research university (which for the...
Hope and despair: managing technological change
In a very funny low budget British movie called 'Clockwise', John Cleese plays a school principal with an obsession about punctuality who is asked...
Reflections on demographics, video-conferencing and aboriginal distance education
I apologise for the lack of postings this past week. I have been on the road, visiting the University of Saskatchewan in central Canada...
Back from holiday
My wife and I have just spent one great week in Spain with friends, and another good week with family in England. For the...
World University Rankings: A reality based on a fraud
I am still seething with outrage at the methodology used by the THES World University Rankings.
Under a headline 'University rankings key tool in recruiting...
Reforming the university: evolution or revolution?
Who will bring about change?
In reviewing Ehlers and Schneckenberg's 'Changing Cultures in Higher Education', I began to wonder if or how the modern university...
Aggregated resources on online learning and the visually impaired
(Updated, 21 April, 2021)
On August 23, 2010, I posted about online learning and students with disabilities. In the post, I asked readers for suggestions...